NETWORK STORAGE | WUDSS-Class NAS + iSCSI Appliance

Unified Network Storage Solution Overview

The Iron IPDATA-WUDSS S1500 is extremely simple, affordable, and reliable network storage solution that provides automation of storage management, seamless policy enforcement, and easy-to use reporting tools. It enables small and mid-size companies to easily manage, grow, and protect their data without requiring them to become storage experts.

• Business Ready. The one-of-a-kind Iron IPDATA-WUDSS Unified Storage System family has been designed specifically for small and mid-sized companies that are experiencing the challenges of rapid data growth, and has capabilities to meet the unique needs of smaller IT environments.
• "All-in-One" Network Storage Platform. Iron IPDATA-WUDSS is a platform designed for the integrated network attached storage (NAS) system where both file and block data (iSCSI) management become simple, scalable and flexible. It combines an enhanced Windows file server with a shared iSCSI storage array for application servers while keeping data safe and secure with integrated data protection software.
• Simplified, Centralized Storage Management. This fully integrated and unified storage system is designed to be deployed and managed by IT generalists with no storage expertise and delivers everything you need to lower the cost and complexity of rapidly growing data storage environments. The Unified Storage Manager (USM) software interface hides storage complexity and presents storage in an 'application-centric' view.

WUDSS Software: Key Storage Features

Unified Share and Storage Management

Microsoft Management Console helps manage all the storage management tasks from a central location, it provides wizard based provisioning for volumes, shared folders, and iSCSI targets, and ability to configure quotas, file screening, SIS, indexing and security.

• File Server Resource Manager: Manage User Quotas for Folder and Volumes, Template driven Capacity, Policy and Quota management
• Storage Management for SANs: Virtual Disk Service (VDS) based, allows quick and easy provisioning on FC and iSCSI storage devices
• Remote Web-based Administration: ActiveX or Java (Non-Windows) based RDP Client Support to manage storage resources all across enterprise

Enterprise-Wide Storage Consolidation and Virtualization

• SAN/IP: iSCSI Storage Initiator, iSCSI Block Storage Target
• NAS: Heterogeneous Protocol Support: Windows, Novel, Apple, Unix, http, FTP

Fast Data Recovery: Volume Shadow Services (VSS) based Volume Recovery

• Snapshots-PiT Recovery: Copy of Block-Level Volume Changes (Differential)
• Folder-PiT Recovery: End-User Shared Folder (SCSF) Self-Recovery

Data Backup & Folder Virtualization for Branch Offices

• DFS-Naming and DFS-Replication for Files/Folders across enterprise Data Indexing and Search Optimization Service for Window Clients
• Faster access to files based on keywords, phrases or properties

Single Instance Storage

• Eliminates Duplicate Files in the volume for better usage and Backup Efficiency

Built-in Collaboration with SharePoint, WebDAV and Print Management Support

IPDATA Hardware Platform: Custom Configurations

Advanced Storage System Architecture:

• Multi-Core 64-bit Xeon Processors, PCIe Bandwidth, 4GB+ RAM Support

Network Performance

• Multipath I/O (MPIO) support for improved availability and load balancing
• Multiple 1GbE or 10GbE//ToE Network Interface Ports available

Storage Scalability: Integrated Storage Head, and Modular Storage Expansion Options

• Integrated Storage Head: 4 SATA disk drives, 4TB integrated storage capacity. Additional storage scalability through host-based direct attached storage (DAS) or network-based iSCSI storage expansion modules
• Host-Based Modular Storage - External DAS-JBOD Expansion Arrays: PCIe RAID (SAS) multi-channel controller option to support DAS-JBOD expander array modules. Support for 16 SATA or SAS disk drives for a max of 16TB per module, and daisy chain up to 3 modules for a max of 48TB storage per channel
• Host-Based Modular Storage – External DAS-RAID (OS Independent RAID subsystem) Expansion Arrays: PCIe host (SAS or FC) multi-channel controller option to support DAS-RAID array modules. Support for 16 SATA or SAS disk drives for a max of 16TB per module, and daisy chain up to 4 modules for a max of 64TB storage per channel
• Network-Based Modular Storage – External iSCSI Storage Arrays: Supports any number of IP based IPDATA-WUDSS or IPDATA-LX, or any 3rd party iSCSI storage array from leading storage vendors for unlimited storage expansion

Storage System Reliability

• Storage Redundancy: Disk RAID Controller w/Battery Backup for Cache, Multiple RAID Levels (0, 1, 5, 6, 10) supported
• Power Redundancy: Multiple Redundant Power Supply Modules and Power Sources

Server "Bare Metal" Recovery

• Reset to "Factory Default OS Image" thru Iron designed FFRS based Recovery CD which helps RAID Set-1 OS restore in case of accidental appliance failure

System Remote "Lights Out" Management:

• Industry standard IPMI based Out-Of-Band manageability for BIOS-level remote system access; IPMI operates independent of the operating system when sending commands to the appliance hardware over IP network. Provides ability to monitor, receive alerts, diagnose and recover system, even when OS is hung or system is powered down.

High Performance Storage Building Blocks:

Network Ports:	2-GbE PCIe (Multi-Port GbE/10GbE Optional)
IO Expansion Options (PCIe/PCI-X/Total):	2 / 2 / 4 (for LAN or SAS/FC Host Adapter)
Processor:	2x Intel Xeon Quad Core
System Memory:	4GB
Host Bus Interface Type (Internal)-PCIe:	4-Port SATA PCI-E w/Battery Backup Cache
- RAID Set-1: Hard Disks Type (OS/Data)	- 2x 1TB SATA w/32MB Cache, Hotswap
- RAID Set-1: Hard Disk Redundancy (OS/Data)	- RAID-1 Mirroring (Factory Default)
- RAID Set-2: Hard Disks Type (Data)	- 2x 1TB SATA w/32MB Cache, Hotswap (Max)
- RAID Set-2: Hard Disk Redundancy (OS/Data)	- RAID-1 (User Re-Configurable)
Host Bus Interface Type (External for DAS)-PCIe:	Optional, Host RAID SAS, Host SAS or FC
DVD Media for "Bare-Metal" Recovery OS:	Yes
CD/DVD Drive (Built-in):	Yes
Remote (Out of Band) Appliance HW Management:	Yes
Power Supply:	Dual Hotswap 650 Watts. 100-240 AC
Power Redundancy:	Yes
Standard IO Ports (USB / RS232 / VGA):	2 / 1 / 1
Form Factor:	1U, 4-Post Rack
Dimensions (H x W x D):	1.75 x 17 x 25.6 (inch)

WUDSS Add-Ons: 3rd Party Storage Software Solutions

High Availability, Failover and Disaster Recovery - by Double-Take Software.

• Continuous, asynchronous, byte-level replication over any distance, support for dissimilar hardware which includes any configuration of physical server and virtualized servers, PiT data recovery snapshots, reporting, failover and recovery over LAN or WAN.
• Advance protection options helps bulletproof your business continuity, data migration, centralized backup, multi-server recovery and server consolidation operations with advance application level support for Exchange, SQL Server, virtual systems, SharePoint, and more.

Data Backup and Recovery - by Data Protection Manager (DPM) from Microsoft

• File Servers Support: File and full Server Recovery (File, Folders, Shares, VSS, Full Server)
• Clients / End Users Support: Windows XP and MS Office 2003
• Application Servers Support: Advanced Application Aware Continuous Data Protection Services for Exchange, SQL, SharePoint
• Tape Integration: Supports Tape Backup and 3rd party Tier-1 Archive Software's

Wide-range Support for Industry Standard Storage Solutions:

• Anti-Virus: Supports all popular Windows antivirus applications to scan data on storage server without any performance impact due to extra workload
• Backup-Agents: Support all popular ISV applications such as Veritas, EMC, CA, etc.
• Clustered File System: Multiple WUDSS storage servers can be clustered into a common file system, fast concurrent read and write access to shared storage – from Sanbolic, Inc.